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, P. E. CHARLES,-

PAD FOR CARRYING RADIO-ACTIVE ORES AND MEANS FOR INCREASING THE ACTIVITY OF THE ORES.

APPLICATION H'LED JUNE 15, l9l8.

1,317,659: 1 Patented Sept. 30, 1919.

Y Y INVEN TOR afzw PHYLLIS EPCHARLES, OF VICTORF'ILLE, CALIFORNIA.

PAD FOR. CARRYING RADIO-ACTIVE OF THE ORES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

ORES AND MEANS FOR INCREASING THE ACTIVITY Patented Sept. 30, 1919.

Application filed June 15, 1918. Serial No. 240,215.

To all whom .z't may concern:

Be it known that I, PHYLLIS E. CHARLns,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Victorville, in the county of San Bernar-- dlno and State of California, have invented.

new and useful Improvements in Pads for Carrying Radio-Active Ores and Means for Increasing the Activity of the 'Ores, of which the following is a specification. f

This invention relates more particularly to a heating pad or garment provided with a plurality of pockets designed to carry radio-active ores, such as carnotite, pitchblende, samerskite, or other radio-active ores in a pulverized form, provided with electro thermal means for greatly increasing the activity of said ores.

It has been ascertained that the activity of emanation in radio-active or uranium ores has been greatly increased by the application of heat thereto.

Radio-active ores have heretofore been utilized by the medical profession for application to the human body to increase the red corpuscles in the blood and also to tem porarily increase the white corpuscles. They also increase the secretion of uric, acid and sodium b-iurate in the urine. when applied to the human body have a general functional tonic effect thereupon, and by their use elimination of waste matter takes place. 7

An object of my invention is to provide a pad or garment provided with a plurality of pockets on one face thereof designed to carry radio-active ores in a pulverized form so that said ores will be maintained evenly over the surface of the pad or garment.

It is also an object of the invention to apply an electrical circuit in'the pad for increasing the radio-activity of the ores car-- ried thereby.

I accomplish these objects by means of the device described herein and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in'which:

plies, 6, 7 and 8. Plies 6 and 7 are stitched together at the edges thereof and carry elec- Such ores tric conductors 9, said electric conductors being arranged transversely of the pad, as

clearly shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, from the top to the bottom, the ends of the electric conductors terminating in an electric plug 10, which isdesigned to be attached to a socket of the usual lighting circuits installed in residences or buildings. The outer ply 8' is stitched to the other plies by means of a plurality of vertically disposed stitches 11 and transversely by a' plurality of stitches 12, so as to form pockets 13 for the reception of the pulverized ores 14.

By'means of pockets 13 formed between plies 7 and 8, I am enabled to uniformly distribute the ores throughout the surface of the pad.

I have illustrated a heating means for the pad which consists of an electric circuit, but any other means of heating the pad before probabilities answer the purpose equally as well asthe electric circuit, although the application of the circuit to the pad will maintain a uniform temperature at all times during its use. If desired, thespace between plies 6 and 7 maybe utilized for carrying a heated fluid.

It will be noted from the above description that I have provided a novel means for increasing the activity of radio-active ores in a manner that will be found extremely eflicient in the treatment of various functional diseases of the human body.

What I claim is: .1. In a device of the class described, a

flexible member having arranged therein,

radio-active ore and thermic means secured to saidmember for increasing the radio activity of said ore.

2. In a device of the class described, a flexible member provided with a plurality of pockets, radio-active ore secured in said pockets, an electric heating circuit carried by said member, and means to connect said Figure 1 is-a perspective view of a pad circuit to a source of electrical energy.

3. In a device of the class described, a fle'xible member provided with a plurality of pockets, radio-active ore secured in said pockets and means to heat said members to increase the radio activity of said ores.

In witness that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto subscribed my name this 28th day of May, 1918..

PHYLLIS E. CHARLES. 

